asked the Postmaster-General if he will give the names of all shipping companies who carry mails for the Government, the ports to which they carry, and the amount of subsidy paid to each company for the years 1920–21, 1921–22, and 1922–23, respectively?

A full list of the Post Office packet services, and of the amounts paid in connection with them, is published each year in the Post Office Estimate. To set out all the services in detail would involve a considerable amount of clerical labour. If the particulars in the Estimate are insufficient for the purpose which the hon. Member has in mind, perhaps he will communicate with me.